Senior Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University Graham Cross researches the way the United States has interacted with the world through military, diplomatic and cultural means and the intersection of their military operations and societies during the first half of the twentieth century and the era of the world wars. He has expert knowledge of the American air campaigns in Europe and the social history of the "Friendly Invasion" of Britain by American forces during the Second World War. He has written extensively on the history of the American Eighth Air Force that conducted a strategic bombing campaign against Germany. His current research includes a British Academy funded project looking at the African American 923rd Engineer Aviation Regiment and a further project on the experience of the Women's Army Corps (WACs) in wartime Britain. His previous research publications have covered the impact of the First World War on the foreign policy of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and he maintains an active research interest in presidential foreign policy, particularly that of the FDR era and air power.
Professor of Strategic Foreign Policy and Director of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, King's College London Greg Kennedy is Professor of Strategic Foreign Policy at King's College London and joined the Defence Studies Department in June 2000. He has taught at the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, for both the History and War Studies Departments. He is an adjunct Professor of that university. His PhD is from the University of Alberta, with an MA in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Saskatchewan. He has published internationally on strategic foreign policy issues, maritime defence, disarmament, diplomacy and intelligence.
Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University, North-West University Prof Germarié Viljoen is an Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa, where she teaches environmental law and the law of contract. She is an NRF-rated researcher, and her research interests lie in the nexus between water, energy and food. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Law Association of South Africa (ELA), as well as a member of the Research Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law. She also serves as an assistant editor of the Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal.
PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University Gabrielle is a registered psychologist and she is undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. Gabrielle's research is on the prevalence and prevention of child sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviours, with a focus on faith-based settings and implementing evidence-based prevention strategies. Her research and ongoing work are informed by her experience as a psychologist working with survivors of child sexual abuse as well as young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours.
Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle Garritt Van Dyk is a Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle. Current research includes forthcoming publications on sugar boycotts in eighteenth-century France and Britain, and a chapter on Luxury Foods in the Enlightenment. Wider research interests extend to the history of empire, early modern economic history, and European patterns of consumption in the Enlightenment. His background in international finance and professional experience in commercial cookery, coupled with academic research, offer a unique perspective on both the practices and discourse of cuisine and political economy in the early modern period. BA (English): Columbia University PhD (History): University of Sydney Lecturer in History, School of Creative Industries, Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Newcastle. Have also taught at University of Melbourne (History, Economic History) and Macquarie University (Intellectual Property Law, Business Law, E-Commerce).
